Right now, Knoxville City Council primary voters in a specific district select their top two city council candidates, who then move on to the general election. From there, all Knoxville voters get a say on who wins the job for each district.

The new law mandates only voters in each district can elect their city council representatives.
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Before the state law, changing Knoxville's elections was up to local voters.

...city council chose to present an at-large for all system before voters this November.

In Knoxville City Council ballot question number 2,
Voters can elect to 1) let voters cast ballots in primary and general elections for all city council seats. OR, 2) voters would only be able to elect the city council representative in their district for both the primary and general elections.

What voters will see on the ballot,

Voters can choose a "yes" or "no" option to this question:

Shall Article IV, Sections 401, and 402, and Article VII, Sections 704 and 707 of the charter of the city of Knoxville be amended to elect six regional at-large councilmembers using regional residency as a qualification for regional candidates and three citywide at-large councilmembers and setting a process for primary and regular elections of council members consistent with Public Chapter 391, Acts of 2023. If more than one candidate receives the highest number of votes in the primary election, then only those candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be placed on the regular election ballot. If proceeding the regular election and only one candidate receives the second highest number of votes in the primary election, then the candidate receiving the highest number of votes and those candidates receiving the second highest number of votes shall be placed on the regular election ballot all as more fully set forth in ordinance No. __ of the city of Knoxville as duly published?